Finding Horsepower using Energy Equation

Please give me some feedback on this problem - In the figure attached, there are 150 feet of 2" diameter pipe, 90 feet of 6" diameter pipe, and 180 feet of 3" diameter pipe, all wrought iron. There are two 90 degree elbows and fully open globe valve. If the exit elevation is zero, what power in horsepower is extracted by the turbine from the 20 degrees celcius water when the flow rate is 0.15 feet^3?

Solution Summary

The answer provides the horsepower from the turbine, with specified parameters, including length of diameter pipes, 90 degree elbows, and a fully open globe valve. The diagram provides an adequate illustration of what is occurring here, and the horsepower is calculated using a frictionless flow energy equation.

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